On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:52:58PM +0900, Michael Glaesemann wrote: > I don't know if the 'canaveral' prompt had anything to do with it > (maybe it was just the subject line), but I kept thinking of shuttle > disasters, o-rings, and plane crashes reading through this. I won't > claim to understand everything in huge detail, but from this newbie's > point of view, well explained! I enjoyed reading it.
Just for the record, the Canaveral you are thinking about is derived from the spanish word "Caņaveral", which is a place where "caņas" grow (canes or stems, according to my dictionary -- some sort of vegetal living form anyway). I suppose Cape Kennedy was filled with those plants and that's what the name comes from. I dunno if Chris' machine's name derives from that or not; Merriam Webster does not list any other meaning for that word. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "The Gord often wonders why people threaten never to come back after they've been told never to return" (www.actsofgord.com) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
